Shutterstock Image Often times, when surfers are paddling out into the deep, blue ocean they have only two fears — sharks and ...

Driven mad by toxic chemicals released by algae flourishing in warming oceans, sea lions and other marine mammals are ...

“When conditions are right, waters off the coast of California can experience large-scale toxic algal blooms that are capable ...

It started as a normal surf session for RJ LaMendola. He was roughly 150 yards from the beach in Southern California, riding ...

I endured the most harrowing and traumatic experience of my 20 years of surfing,” the photographer and explorer said.

A marine mammal nonprofit has assessed more than 200 sea lions and 10 dolphins apparently sickened with domoic acid poisoning ...

A surfer in California was terrorized by an aggressive sea lion that bit through his wetsuit, dragged him off his board and ...

RJ LaMendola shared what he called “the most harrowing and traumatic experience” in all his 20 years of surfing in a March 21 post on Facebook. He was “riding the waves in solitude” about ...

A rattled RJ LaMendola wound up in a hospital after being bitten in the left buttocks as he tried to fend off the relentless attack by the sea lion in the rare encounter off Oxnard. LaMendola was ...

A longtime surfer and marine wildlife advocate was "left shaken" to his core after a relentless and horrifying encounter with a deranged sea creature in California. RJ LaMendola shared what he ...